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    D Link DI-524 Crashes when I open too many programs...

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by MGS2392, Dec 15, 2007.

  1. MGS2392

    MGS2392 NAND Cat!

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    That's very odd. It just started happening today. When I'd open all of these programs...

    Pidgin
    Ventrilo
    STEAM
    X-Fire

    My router crashes, with all the lights turning on and staying solid. I'd have to reset my router. It just started happpening today all of a sudden.
     
    MGS2392, Dec 15, 2007
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  2. poy

    poy Notebook Enthusiast

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    kinda, odd just curious have you tried updating the firmware on the router? I've had experience with that router before and my only solution was to get a linksys router. No matter how much time i spent with dlink on the phone for tech support. The router would only stay up for a few weeks before i ran into a new problem.
     
    poy, Dec 15, 2007
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  3. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    How old is the router? Is there an excessive amount of heat being generated? Has there been any power surges to the router?

    You can try doing a hard reset - that may fix the issue; then again, it may not help at all. Sometimes a router just dies, like any piece of hardware.
     
    kegobeer, Dec 15, 2007
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  4. tebore

    tebore Notebook Evangelist

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    Those are all programs that open a large number of connections that pump information through.

    It's pounding your router with a Huge NAT table and crashing it.
     
    tebore, Dec 16, 2007
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  5. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sounds like to many symontainous connection is crashing the router. If firmware updated does not fix it, see if dd-wrt can be installed on your router. Also take a look on smallnetbuilder. They have a table giving how many connections a router can handle.
     
    blue68f100, Dec 17, 2007
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